Windows Home Server (WHS) is all about making the day to day care of your home network easy. When you install the WHS Connector Software on a client PC everything is set-up to automatically back up that machine each and every night. There is usually no further intervention required. However, if you’re the type who likes [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 14, 2008
Add-Ins are a unique feature of the Windows Home Server and one that allows infinite variability to the product, making each home server unique to its user. At the last count there were more than 50 Windows Home Server add-ins available to the WHS user, with capabilities ranging from changing the picture on your WHS Remote [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 13, 2008
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking about what we do here at We Got Served, and how we can keep improving the site to continue providing the best coverage of Windows Home Server on the web. I’ve been writing the blog on my own now for almost a year, and now it’s established [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 29, 2007
Would you like join the We Got Served team and have thousands of WHS owners read your opinions? Established in February 2007, We Got Served was the first Windows Home Server community site on the internet and has a global audience of tens of thousands of readers each month seeking the latest news and reviews in [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 27, 2007
So, work continues on building the site further - this morning I’ve opened up a new section of We Got Served, WHS Books, which will list and track all books published that are relevant to Windows Home Server - I was surprised to see just how many there were already, with more to be published [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, November 25, 2007
Model: Norco DS-520G Manufacturer: Norco Website: www.norcotek.com Price: $729 excl. OS and RAM (USA) Over the past few weeks, we’ve had the chance to put a few Windows Home Server systems through their paces. Firstly, the British engineering of Tranquil PC which came in the form of the T7-HSA, a small and silent home server with great environmental credentials. From [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 23, 2007
Model: HP MediaSmart Server EX475 Manufacturer: HP Website: www.hp.com Price: $749 (US) £499 (UK) How many great companies do you know? Take a look around right now – who made your computer, the furniture in your house, the food in your cupboards. How many of those manufacturers would you say are great companies? I don’t mean great in terms [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 15, 2007
Just landed back in the UK (after a pretty long 4 week work stint over in San Francisco) to receive the news that HP are sending a Mediasmart Server overnight to me, and it’ll be with me tomorrow. I’ll be taking a good look at the unit over the weekend, so keep a look out [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 2, 2007
If you remain to be convinced by Windows Home Server, Paul Thurrott’s review offers an enthusiastic, yet balanced view of its strengths and weaknesses… thanks for the shout-out, Paul. Overall, WHS is a wonderful solution for problems you never knew you had. But make no mistake, these are very real problems that need to be addressed, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 15, 2007
Today, Ars Technica published an extensive review of Windows Home Server, which is detailed, well balanced and in my opinion, bang on the money in it’s conclusion. Let’s remember that this is a v1 Microsoft release which (almost uniquely for Redmond) delivers exactly what it sets out to deliver, without *too* many issues. Perhaps the [...]
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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